Types of Equipment covered include:
- Diesel Counterbalance Forklifts
- Gas/LPG Counterbalance Forklifts
- Electric Counterbalance Forklifts
- Pedestrian and Ride-On Stackers
- Pedestrian and Ride on Pallet Jacks
- Reachtrucks
General Benefits:
- Statutory compliance: It is quite simply illegal to operate a forklift that is not certified.
- Various Global Standards: We can certify forklifts across all major international standards
- Insurance Compliance: Machine and Public Liability Insurers insist on yearly certification.
- In addition to compliance the thorough annual inspection is also a very good “snap shot” of your fleet
- Inspections reveal the state of the maintenance of the forklift and any lack of operator skills
- Inspections increase reliability of the forklift
- Improve the forklift’s up-time
- Reduce accidents and unplanned downtime and expense.
- Thorough annual inspection prevents chain failure.
Specific Areas Checked include:
- Critical Items e.g. Fork itself, brakes and hydraulic cylinders.
- Masts and Booms
- Chains and Cylinders
- Safety Systems e.g. Load indicators
- Tyres
- Critical Items e.g. Fork itself, brakes and hydraulic cylinders.
The forklift inspection will include a functional load test.
We can perform rated load tests on request.
A final report will be issued identifying any deficiencies (if present) and recommendations. All forklifts that pass inspection receive a certificate valid for 12 months.